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The Green Living Show will be held in Toronto from April 13-15, 2012. MaRS Cleantech Fund is one of the panel of experts who help to select the exhibitors.

Locationary Inc., which is dedicated to improving the quality of local business data for mobile and web content, has secured $2.5-million from new investors, including the Investment Accelerator Fund and Trellis Capital. Existing investors Extreme Venture Partners, Plazacorp Ventures, Angels and Management were also involved in the financing.

Technology innovators will have an opportunity to jump start their ideas with a new accelerator program from MaRS Discovery District. Called JOLT, the program is focused on building high-growth Web and mobile companies in the information, communications and entertainment sectors.

Technology innovators will have an opportunity to jump start their ideas with a new accelerator program from MaRS Discovery District. Called JOLT, the program is focused on building high-growth Web and mobile companies in the information, communications and entertainment sectors.

Headed by Executive Director, Susan McGill, JOLT will select up to 15 high-potential startups annually, providing them with space, seed financing and mentorship, as well as access to partners and some of the top angel and venture capital investors in the industry.

MaRS announced the creation of JOLT, a new technology accelerator dedicated to building high-growth web and mobile companies that promise to transform the way consumers and enterprises connect, work and play. JOLT will select up to 15 high-potential startups annually, providing them with space, seed financing and mentorship, as well as access to partners and some of the top angel and venture capital investors in the industry. The goal of the program is to accelerate market validation and, in turn, help these companies secure the capital and talent necessary to scale efficiently.

LidiasWorld blogs about the Entrepreneurship 101 class she and her partner attended at MaRS with guest speaker Dr. Stuart Foster, the founder of VisualSonics, spoke mainly about the challenges of being a science tech specific startup.

"Startup Canada will be showcasing Toronto's top entrepreneurial talent this week as part of a two-week celebration of entrepreneurship in Ontario, the third stop in Startup Canada's six-month National Tour." "Ontario has built a fantastic network and ecosystem of entrepreneurs and innovation, in which MaRS Discovery District is an enthusiastic participant."

Leona Teixeira is an Associate at the MaRS Discovery District who also previously participated in internship programs and provides her insights on how mentorship program seeks to help encourage young women to participate in politics and become leaders.

Lawrence S. Bloomberg, C.M., O. Ont. MaRS board member to receive the honour of The Order of Canada.

Toronto startup Interaxon has landed its first venture capital infusion just months before it will launch its thought-controlled computing headset on the consumer market.

CHALLENGE: It's got potential and is ready to be built, but is the science sound? And can a fringe medical treatment have mass appeal?

Lew Lim founder of Mediclights is a MaRS client and is bringing intranasal light therapy to Canada. Peter Adams, a MaRS Life Science and Healthcare IT advisor is working with Lim to commercializing this innovation. They would like to see Toronto as the new hub for interanasal laser research.

Flybits is a MaRS Innovation spinoff company from Ryerson University. Flybits has developed an innovative, context-aware software as a service framework called FARE (Flybits Activity Recognition Engine). "Flybits CEO and Founder Hossein Rahnama was among the entrepreneurs of Ryerson University's Digital Media Zone to meet the Prince of Wales and demonstrate his cloud-based and context-aware software solution."

Doors Open celebrates Toronto's architectural heritage. MaRS Discovery opened its' doors for the event and is one of many examples that show how old and new architecture combine.

Lawrence S. Bloomberg, C.M., O. Ont. is a MaRS board member who was one of the recipients to receive the honour of The Order of Canada.

There is a need for enhancing commercialization, but there are gaps particularly in the lifesciences. Dr. Calvin Stiller, MaRS Board member states that there is a difference it testing and approval times in the commercialization of life sciences that still needs to be addressed.

"On June 11th, 2012 Dr. Blair Feltmate and Dr. Jason Thistlethwaite launched, Climate Change Adapation: A Priorities Plan for Canada at the MaRS Centre."

"Encycle Therapeutics, a MaRS Innovation spin-off company, has created a ground-breaking chemistry platform for cyclizing peptides that promises to increase the efficiency of the early-stage drug discovery process."

Glen Farrelly, a blogger, explores the digital media and technology innovations and their Canadian connections. Dr Ilse Treurnicht, CEO, MaRS Discovery District is listed as a significant contributor to the digital culture and technology.

Dezso J. Horvath is Tanna H. Schulich Chair in Strategic Management and dean of the Schulich School of Business at York University in Toronto and Matthias Kipping is a professor of policy and chair in business history at Schulich state " Canadian businesses to wean themselves off traditional industries and tried-and-true markets, to instead develop - and commercialize - innovative technology." MaRS Discovery District is bridging the commercialization gap.

Dr. Ilse Treurnicht, CEO, MaRS Discovery District is on the judging panel for for the Entrepreneur of the Year. The finalists in this year's Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year has been announced. The Ontario winners will be announced October 10, 2012.

According to an Angus Reid public opinion poll, Calgary is reported to have the best quality of life out of Canada's four largest cities. Acording to Jane Switzer, a report from The Globe and Mail, the "Angus Reid poll was commissioned for CityAge Media's The Innovation City summit." The summit will take place at the MaRS Centre, July 18 and 19th and will explore the new ideas, technologies and partnerships that will build the 21st century city, and why - and how - Metro Toronto and Canada will be a leader in this urban century.